Ninth Menzies ministry | |
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39th Ministry of Australia | |
Date formed | 22 December 1961 |
Date dissolved | 18 December 1963 |
People and organisations | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Governor-General | Viscount De L'Isle |
Prime Minister | (Sir) Robert Menzies |
No. of ministers | 23 |
Member party | Liberal– Country coalition |
Status in legislature | Coalition majority government |
Opposition party | Labor |
Opposition leader | Arthur Calwell |
History | |
Election(s) | 9 December 1961 |
Outgoing election | 30 November 1963 |
Legislature term(s) | 24th |
Predecessor | Eighth Menzies ministry |
Successor | Tenth Menzies ministry |
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Prime Minister of Australia First term of government (1939–1941) Second term of government (1949–1966)
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The Ninth Menzies ministry ( Liberal– Country Coalition) was the 39th ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 12th Prime Minister, (Sir) Robert Menzies. The Ninth Menzies ministry succeeded the Eighth Menzies ministry, which dissolved on 22 December 1961 following the federal election that took place in early December. The ministry was replaced by the Tenth Menzies ministry on 18 December 1963 following the 1963 federal election. [1]
Allen Fairhall, who died in 2006, was the last surviving member of the Ninth Menzies ministry; Fairhall was also the last surviving member of the Seventh Menzies ministry. Hugh Roberton was the last surviving Country junior minister, and Sir Garfield Barwick and Charles Davidson were the last surviving Liberal and Country Cabinet ministers respectively.
Party | Minister | Portrait | Portfolio | |
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Liberal |
Rt Hon
(Sir) Robert Menzies (
KT)
CH
QC
FAA (1894–1978) |
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Country |
Rt Hon
John McEwen (1900–1980) |
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Liberal |
Rt Hon
Harold Holt (1908–1967) |
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Liberal |
Hon
(Sir) William Spooner (
KCMG)
MM (1897–1966)
Senator for
New South Wales |
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Liberal |
Hon
Athol Townley (1905–1963) |
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Liberal |
Hon
Paul Hasluck (1905–1993) |
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Liberal |
Hon
William McMahon (1908–1988) |
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Liberal |
Hon
Shane Paltridge (1910-1966)
Senator for
Western Australia |
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Country |
Hon
Charles Davidson
OBE (1897–1985) |
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Liberal |
Hon
Alexander Downer (1910–1981) |
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Liberal |
Hon
Sir Garfield Barwick
QC (1903–1997)
MP for
Parramatta |
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Country |
Hon
Charles Adermann (1896–1979) |
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Party | Minister | Portrait | Portfolio | |
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Liberal |
Hon
John Cramer (1896–1994) |
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Country |
Hon
Hugh Roberton (1900–1987) |
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Liberal |
Hon
Denham Henty (1903–1978) |
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Liberal |
Hon
Gordon Freeth (1914–2001) |
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Liberal |
Hon
John Gorton (1911–2002) |
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Liberal |
Hon
Hubert Opperman
OBE (1904–1996) |
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Country |
Hon
Harrie Wade
OBE (1905–1964) |
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Liberal |
Hon
Les Bury (1913–1986) |
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Liberal |
Hon
Allen Fairhall (1909–2006) |
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Liberal |
Hon
Reginald Swartz
MBE (1911–2006)
MP for
Darling Downs |
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Liberal |
Hon
David Fairbairn
DFC (1917–1994) |
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